Williamson Head
| Williamson Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 11 ′ S , 158 ° 0 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Oates coast | |
| Waters | Somow lake | |
The Williamson Head is a prominent headland at the Oates Coast in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It protrudes there 10 km west-northwest of Drake Head into the Somow Sea .
The cape was discovered and named in February 1911 by the crew of the Terra Nova during the Antarctic expedition of the same name (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after Thomas Soulsby Williamson (1877–1940), a participant in this research trip.
Web links
- Williamson Head in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Williamson Head on geographic.org (English)